[Bug 646030] Re: CRITICAL GRUB2 ISSUE: Fails to Detect Vista Main Partition

[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/646030 Ti

[Bug 646030] Re: CRITICAL GRUB2 ISSUE: Fails to Detect Vista Main Partition

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 646030] Re: CRITICAL GRUB2 ISSUE: Fails to Detect Vista Main Partition

Pierre, I provide only workaround for bugs, I don't fix. 1) Grub detecting only recovery partition is a bug. 2) Yes, quite all preinstalled PC come now with a recovery partition and a main windows partition. 3) If you need to change active partition, you can boot on Ubuntu Live CD, use Gparted a

Re: [Bug 646030] Re: CRITICAL GRUB2 ISSUE: Fails to Detect Vista Main Partition

Delance, I reinstalled from the CD. Grub did list the recovery partition only. I agree, it might be a Windows dual boot issue. Although not systematic, it could be a Windows trend for the future. I have no idea how to change the active partition... It is probably beyond many Linux users as

[Bug 646030] Re: CRITICAL GRUB2 ISSUE: Fails to Detect Vista Main Partition

Please don't answer with previous message. It makes Launchpad web site unreadable. I'm surprised because reinstallation of Vista from CD rewrite MBR. It's even main problem with Windows reinstallation! So I presume you reinstalled from Recovery partition. Could you confirm ? About having both Re

Re: [Bug 646030] Re: CRITICAL GRUB2 ISSUE: Fails to Detect Vista Main Partition

Thanks for interest and quick reply. 1) Installed side-by-side Lubuntu Maverick Beta (Very likely is a Ubuntu issue too) on two 2-3 year-old machines with Vista (with sda1 as recovery and sda2 as main Vista OS). Lubuntu installed correctly but only the recovery partition (sda1) of Vista was de

[Bug 646030] Re: CRITICAL GRUB2 ISSUE: Fails to Detect Vista Main Partition

Hello, I work on Answer and not Bug, and have regularly such issues to manage. Could you clarify if issue is: 1) Vista partition not detected. 2) Vista boot loader (boot sector of NTFS partition and not the MBR one) corrupted. -- CRITICAL GRUB2 ISSUE: Fails to Detect Vista Main Partition https: